It is with some trepidation that I post today about Mothers Day. After all, there are good moms and there are lousy ones. There are faithful ones and unfaithful ones. There are mothers who would compete favorably with God and ones that will rank with Lucifer. Because it's Mothers Day, do we honor all mothers? motherhood? potential motherhood?
I believe we honor the ideal and the idea of motherhood. Without mothers, our race would die. Without mothers who strive to be ideal, who teach and train their children how to live an ethical life, our race would probably deserve to die. Mormons teach that "the natural man is an enemy to God". It takes the influence of mothers, fathers, and even a whole village to raise a child. I think Mothers Day is a good time to reflect on mothers' positive role in this process.
As our society changes we have also seen that "mother's role" also changes. Even who the "mother" is can change from day to day and hour to hour. And not just for same sex unions. Such unions usually have significant experience defining then redefining "mother's role".
And finally, Mothers Day is a day to inspire us to help mothers come closer to the ideal and for non-mothers to be inspired by those who have shown that spark of god-like motherhood.
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